- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- mid 20th century
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) on cardboard
- paint on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Box): 1 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 2 15/16 in. (4.2 × 16.5 × 7.5 cm)
- Diameter (Chips): 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
- Description
- A box of cardboard red, white, and blue poker chips. The box top is red with a black bottom. On the box top is a blue band with white text that reads [POKER / CHIPS] and white text on red that reads [UNBREAKABLE] and [NOISELESS]. The box top is decorated with illustrations of stacks of red, white, and blue poker chips. On the short end of the box is white text on both short sides that reads [100 / POKER CHIPS / ASSORTED / COLORS]. The interior of the box has three (3) vertical dividers to separate the four (4) stacks of chips. The box contains ninety-one (91) poker chips: forty-four (44) white chips, twenty-four (24) red chips, and twenty-three (23) blue chips. The chips are painted cardboard and are blank on both sides.
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Toys and Games
- Type
- poker chips
- Topic
- Amusements
- Black Enterprise
- Black interiors
- Business
- Recreation
- Segregation
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
- Object number
- 2011.12.49
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




